In a small island off the american coast, the whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. Another semisuccessful attempt to adapt the works of american fantasist h. Lovecraft and august derleth view the tcmdb entry for the shuttered room 1968. The shuttered room 1967 carol lynley in the shuttered room 1967. This movie was originally offered to director ken russell, who turned the project down. Blood island is a 1967 british horror film directed by david greene and starring gig young and carol lynley as a couple who move. Meanwhile, it becomes clear that some entity indeed inhabits the old mill, and watches susannah as she undresses. The fixxs debut album, shuttered room, suffers from inconsistent and unmelodic songwriting, but producer rupert hine helps turn the groups generic new wave into engaging synth pop. The shuttered room blood island 1967 rotten tomatoes. Lovecraft made the repetion almost a historical choice. The shuttered room 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Gig young, carol lynley, oliver reed, flora robson in a small island off the american coast, the whateleys live in an old mill where a mysterious bloody being creates an atmosphere of horror. The shuttered room costars carol lynley and oliver reed on set at hardingham. When wading through fits of literature, i think it beneficial to remind ourselves of why we are where we are and how we got where we got.
In a small island off the american coast, the whateleys live in an old mill. It is incredibly awful, and damon knight 1960 demolished it long ago. The shuttered room blood island pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the shuttered room blood island pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from. It is based on a short story of the same name by august derleth which derleth published as a socalled posthumous collaboration with h. Although the shuttered room is billed as being drawn from a story by h. The shuttered room 1966 heres a film that could be so easily overlooked as a british horror classic its set in america, everyone has american accents and one of the stars is a buggering great big american car of the type only ever seen in films like grease.
Although the mill had long fallen into disuse, local people strongly protested this. Shuttered room is the debut studio album by british new wave band the fixx, released in 1982. Oliver reed losing it in the shuttered room 1967 valentino vamp. Today were looking at august derleths the shuttered room, first. Shuttered room, the movie clip is this what you want. The shuttered room blood island pictures rotten tomatoes. Join our local history project and help us digitise old eastern daily.
The shuttered room 1967, one of the more intriguing adaptations to emerge from this earlier period, isnt really an authentic lovecraft story at all. The shuttered room 1967 fantastic movie musings and. Years later susannah, now married, persuades her husband to spend a holiday in the abandoned mill. Lovecraft to the screen, this is loosely based on the short story the shuttered room also an alternate release title. But dodgy accents aside, the shuttered room is a fine film making. Lovecraft to the screen, this is loosely based on the short story the shuttered room also an alternate release title for the film, a story which is purported to be more the work of posthumous collaborator august derleth. One of the shortest stories ever written jay gaulard blog. The shuttered room 1967 after susannah kelton carol lynley inherits a mill in her small new england hometown, she travels there with her husband, mike gig young.
The old mill was at the village of hardingham on the river yare, but of course it was burned down at the end of the movie. If you like the shuttered room you are looking for scary, tense and serious movies about with island, murder, attic, lighthouse, curse, fire and pantyhose themes of horror genre shot in uk. Get specific details about this product from customers who own it. This isnt so much a spooky movie as it is an early example of hillbilly horror, like deliverance or straw dogs, where unwary cityfolk who intrude on a rural area are set upon by resentful locals. The mill was an ancient landmark in the area which the movie company purchased specifically for the purpose of destroying it by fire. A horror film which caused controversy during its filming in norfolk is. Oh yes the creepy jazz type music and the way the director uses his camera are perfection especially when the scenes take place up in the top of that old mill house in the shuttered room and thanks to tcm it will finally be seen complete and commercial free and this is truly going to be a real cool halloween treat for all of us old horror movie. Im sure each of us have reasons for a great many thing, but im also sure that we can at least agree on our reading as a vessel to carry us. My folks never blocked me even at a young age from watching it. The shuttered room is a long novella, probably an imitation of lovecrafts the dunwich horror. Its image was sharp and detailed, though dirt and other blemishes were periodically noticeable.
Its about a couple, with a wide age gap, who move back to the ladys childhood home on a remote island to visit the old mill shes due to inherit. The shuttered room is a 1967 british psychological horror movie ostensibly based on an hp lovecraft story. The story involves a couples return to the creepy old ancestral home. Hollywood horror film, the shuttered room, 1967, shot in.
The story follows susannah by carol lynley performance so wooden it screams pinocchio and her old enough to be her father mike if you could believe it, even more dispassionately played by gig young, as. On the plus side, you are inheriting an accursed house festooned with. The story broadly hints, over and over until the protagonists continued obtuseness drives the reader to chew paper, that a froglike monster, capable of enormously. The original story isnt available online, but as i recall it, a young man, one of the whateley clan, inherits property in dunwich, including an old mill. Even with hines support, only a couple of tracks red skies, stand or fall, shuttered room stand out, yet the bands clean, mechanical attack makes the record enjoyable. It was a movie i had to watch every time it came on. Room is taken from one of a number of posthumously discovered lovecraft stories, and like many of these, this story was really a fragment that was largely rewritten by august derleth. She does not know that mike has been waylaid and beaten up by ethans gang of wastrels. The shuttered room is signed by the prolific and accomplished tv director david greene, who may have been responsible for the classact casting of the notable dame flora robson and the busy oliver reed. The shuttered room also released as blood island is your typical late 60s hammer gothichorror flick in technicolor.
It was actually penned by august derleth, lovecrafts publisher arkham house and literary executor, and first appeared in 1959. Curious about the shuttered room on the top floor of the millhouse, susannah conducts an investigation. Ethan oliver reed learns that visitors to the island plan to open up the old mill and rushes to tell aunt agatha flora robson in the shuttered room, 1968, from a novel by h. The movie it features roddy mcdowell in one of his first feature film roles. Lovecraft wrote on a napkin once, the shuttered room shows you what happens when you have the chance to live in mad mens new york city but instead you opt for the nearby new england version of straw dogs. Blood island is a 1967 british horror film directed by david greene and starring gig young and carol lynley as a couple who move into a house with dark secrets.
It was released in 1959 by arkham house in an edition of 2,527 copies and was the fifth collection of lovecrafts work to be released by arkham house. After her parents get killed by lightning, young susannah is sent to new york by her aunt agatha, who wants her to avoid the family curse. The shuttered room is a lovecraftian classic based on one of the joint stories that august derleth wrote from lovecrafts unfinished notes after his death. The burning of the old mill at the end of this movie was done for real. They are harassed by ruffians and learn that her nowdilapidated estate is haunted or cursed. Given its age, the shuttered room looked fairly good. I am a huge fan of all things british so finding this dvd release was quite a treat.
The shuttered room and other pieces is an anthology of fantasy and horror short stories, essays and memoirs by american author h. It certainly uses dunwich and whately pretty often. This film follows susanna whateley as she returns to the place of her birth and the old mill where her parents met their deaths struck by lightning when she was. Susannah carol lynley defies her lustful cousin ethan oliver reed who has pursued her into the cursed old family mill in the shuttered room, 1968, from a story by h. The story involves a couples return to the creepy old ancestral home, located on an island.
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